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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1919
Page
4
Writer from SPGHR Medical Co. notes nuts as top tree crop for value and long storage. He cites neglected fruits like paw paw persimmon mulberry honey locust acorn beechnut and argues livestock could self-feed if sand crop trees shaded pastures. Portugal and Mediterranean pig diets shown.
A brief exchange notes a shift from authentic cocktails to near beer and frames the change as a notable departure. The dialogue conveys contrast between traditional mixed drinks and lighter non alcoholic varieties.
A Woman’s concept of an intriguing man is one who keeps her guessing. The notion suggests allure lies in mystery and unpredictability rather than certainty or overt display.
In a San Francisco Chronicle item a tense exchange on a streetcar ends when the conductor cuts off the dispute. Passengers argue fare and on board incidents at River Hill Prairie streets, with the conductor asserting control and ordering passengers to move along.
A friend profited from a sudden oil price rise but did not buy stock. A rich old aunt started a fire with a can of oil, illustrating unexpected, dangerous outcomes around volatility.
A remark extols cracking butternuts as a source of strength for the arm, highlighting the physical benefit as the finest aspect.
Eighteen year old Adolph Yerds alias Daniel Tolman boasts of fooling authorities for seven months claiming he is the missing heir to a $4,000,000 Philadelphia estate. He relates his escape from Milwaukee to Great Lakes Navy Station and a spree of fake checks across Buffalo Detroit and Cleveland before capture.
Miss E. W. Cranen recounted the Kalut eruption in Java on May 30. The blast destroyed 26 villages, with about 50 000 believed dead and thousands more missing as lava and mud rivers buried towns and railways.
In Kimberly near Nelsonville Ohio seven children ages six weeks to ten years and their mother Mrs Tony Stavisar were found burned or asphyxiated in their home. Authorities believe the mother killed the children by binding them to beds and sprinkling coal oil before taking her own life or being killed. The family faced removal to the Athens county home.
In Winsted Connecticut Lou Stone’s Highland cottage hosts a whippoorwill that wakes residents at daybreak. The bird comes to a feeding box, eats, and then departs, effectively serving as a natural alarm clock and turning morning routines into a singable daily routine.
Newark New Jersey report says Harry Wells was arrested after his wife claimed assault and battery. He told the court the wife keeps two cats in bed nightly, which he cannot tolerate. The judge urged Wells to seek another home.
Two young men from Brooklyn and Manhattan risked their lives when their canoe overturned two miles off Rockaway Point. They clung to the overturned craft and used Swanson’s red sweater to signal rescuers until a motor launch from Sheepshead Bay reached them.
Mrs Mary Casey Thorne widow of Joel Wolfe Thorne files a second separation suit in New York Supreme Court alleging her husband abducted their son Joel Wolfe Thorne Jr on August 24, 1918 and procured a drug addict to influence her on March 31, 1917. The first suit has not been tried.
Bayer tablets of aspirin in a Bayer package with proper directions for headache colds pain neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism. Bayer means genuine aspirin prescribed by physicians for nineteen years. Handy tin with 12 tablets costs a few cents. Aspirin is a trademark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetyl ester of Salicylic acid. One ton of coal equals two cords of wood for steam purposes.
A summer cold is hard to shake and best treated by bed rest with Boschee's Syrup for restful sleep and morning expectoration. If bed rest isn’t possible, avoid drafts and sudden changes, eat lightly, and use Boschee's Syrup in moderation. the ad notes it’s sold nationwide and has over fifty years of American production.
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